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04 June 2010

Periodic Table of Women in SF Meme

It's Friday -- time for a fun internet game!

By now you might have heard of the marvelous Periodic Table of Women in SF [that's science fiction/fantasy, not San Francisco, and you really should watch the video at the bottom of the post that that link brings you to]. A new meme has broken out about it, one I learned about from Cheryl Morgan:

Bold the women by whom you own books (I’m assuming this includes books or magazines edited by people who are not fiction writers).

Italicize those by whom you’ve read something (short stories count)

*Star those you don’t recognize [note: I've encountered so many names in my life, I always feel like I recognize most. The ones I've starred are ones that, if somebody mentioned them in conversation, would cause a profoundly vague expression to come over my face. And I'm doing this quickly, so I hope I don't star anybody who I not only recognize, but have spent actual time with...]